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PR: TheOpenCD 1.4.1 Released--Software Freedom Day Special Edition

We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of
TheOpenCD v1.4.1. This point-release is a special edition for
Software Freedom Day
2004. As such, it has a new Software Freedom Day (SFD) livery,
contains pages with information about SFD and links to the SFD
website. Mozilla, OpenOffice, AbiWord, Gimp and other applications
have been updated to the most recent versions. It also serves as an
official release of TheOpenCD, and we recommend those who plan to
burn and distribute several copies to update their ISOs. Get a copy
from one of our FTP mirrors or on
Bittorrent (here
or here).

The CD will be handed out at various locations around the world
on the first annual Software Freedom Day, August 28th, as part of a
Software Freedom Pack. This will also include a custom
version of Knoppix, which we have remastered with the aim of
presenting a clean and simple interface for the beginner Linux user
(Thanks to Jason King for a great job on this!). We do not
currently have enough server capacity to host the Knoppix ISO for
general download, however it will be available on Bittorrent.
Screenshots are here.

TheOpenCD project is an active partner in SFD with an overlap of
project admins and with TheOpenCD forming one of the cornerstones
of the distribution pack (though we also recommend GNUWinII and
Linux distributions). For more information on SFD visit the
web page or see this
introductory article at
OSnews.com. We estimate that around 20.000 CDs will be distributed
around the world on SFD, in the form or FOSS for Windows and Live
Linux CDs. Nearly 40 teams of volunteers have signed up in 26
countries. We would also like to take this opportunity to invite
other FOSS enthusiasts to get involved, including projects, local
groups, companies or individuals. Check the Wiki
to see if there is already a team near you, or use the team
sign-up form to create one.